Improvement in tobacco-pipes



E. HOLMES.

Tobacco Pipe;

Patented March 15, 1864. a;

a full, clear, and exact description of the con ous kinds of wood in general use for pipes,

PATENT OFFICE.

ELIJAH HOLMES, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOBACCO-Pl PES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 41,921, dated March 15, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, ELIJAH HOLMES, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in WVooden Smoking-Pipes; and I do hereby declare that the following is struction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal central section through the bowl A, socket B, stem 0, and bit or mouth-piece D, and Fig. 2 a perspective view of the socket detached.

Like parts are indicated by the same letters in both drawings.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of wooden smokingpipes, whereby a turned bowl may be cheaply and gracefully attached obliquely to the stem, so that while the latter hangs down.from a persons mouth the bowl will preserve its upright position, while at the same time the stem may be readily detached from the bowl or tightly confined therein, which object I accomplish by means of a peculiar knee, B, of metal or other suitable material, so constructed that when screwed or confined to the bowl the socket for the reception of the stem shall be oblique to the axis of the bowl, and, being also conical, shall tightly hold the end of the stem, whether it be worn, shrunk, or swollen, said knee being also provided with a concave slightly-flexible flange, j, which (owing to its elasticity) fits tightly to the bowl, even when attached (where it should be) on the curve between the bottom and side of the bowl.

To enable others skilled in-the art to make and use my'invention, I will now describe its construction and operation.

The bowl A may be made of any of the variand-shaped, as shown in Fig. 1, by means of a common lathe.

Bis a knee, of block-tin or-other suitable metal or material, the shape of which is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the smaller end 9, which enters the bowl A, being furnished with a screw-thread, e, which fits a female screw in the bowl, as represented in Fig. 1.

f is a slightlyeoncave annular flange,which,

"(owing to its concavity and flexibility,) when 9 is screwed into the bowl, fits closely to the latter, and forms, besides, a very ornamental appendage. The stem 0, of wood or other suitable material, and furnished in the usual manner with the bit or month-pieceQD, has its lower extremity tapered, so as to exactly fill the hole in the socket B, as shown'in Fig. 1. Thus constructed, the pipe can be taken apart, so as to be more easily cleansed than wooden pipes whose bowl and stem are made in a single piece, and when the stem is removed the pipe is also more conveniently carried in a persons pocket, and less liable to be broken.

In fine, I consider my pipe as cheaper, stronger, and better in all respects than any wooden pipe known or used before.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my improvement, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

Connecting the bowl and stem of a wooden smoking-pipe by means of theknee B, provided with an oblique conical socket for the reception of the stem, and a flexible flange, f, substantially as set pose described.

ELIJAH HOLMES.

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